Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-11-04
NEWS IN GENERAL.
NOMESTIH


police, and officer Riley was seriously in
1ured. The beer was in hogsheads. and three
hours elapsed before two hOgsheads could be
got out OF the cellar. The excitement ran SC
high that extra police were summoned.
Prank Pollard, a machinist. EMPLOYED al
Pratt 81 Whitney's factory, Hartford, CT,
was found dead in his room from the effect
OF an overdose Of morphine taken to relieve
pain. He was 20 years old and married.
Jere H. Cooling, employed for the past -four
years as n collector for the firm of Dean,
Foster s. Co., Boston, has been arrested for
the embezzlement of about 800 from the
firm. Cooling, who is but 20 years of age,
collected the city bills for the firm, and was
not suspected for dishonesty untilla month,
when he went on his vacation, and the man
who was put on in his place as col,
lector found several holders Of receipted bills
that didnot appear on the books as paid. On
his return, Cooling explained matters by say.
ing that he had paid the bills of some who
were slow in paying with the money received
from others, in order to balance his monthly
accounts He was given a fresh lot of bills
to collect, but up to Oct 2lst he had returned
no money, and promised to settle the next
day, but failing to do So an order for his ar.
rest was issued, which was executed.
President Seelye of Amherst College has
expelled Ernest Z. Smith ON a charge of in
stigating cane rush. The college boys are
considerably excited over the affair Smith
lives in Union, n. Y, is quite prominent in
college matters and plays "rushn in the war
sity eleven.
Henry Hodson of Canton, Mass, has dis
appeared. His family, which consists of q
wife and three children, have no knowledge
of his whereabouts, and doubts are enter
tanned as to his being alive. He is about So
years, small in stature, and q member Of
Revere Post G. A. R.
G. w. Ruggles has been notified that his
services as superintendent of the Brookline
division of the Boston postal district will not
be required after today. Mr. Ruggles was
appointed as postmaster of Brookline in 1861,
holding this position up to 1888, when the
postal district plan was changed and he be-
came superintendent of the Brookline di.
vision. No reason for his removal from
office is given. 1t is stated that an East
Cambridge man named Fogarty will sue.
coed him.
The Windham county (Ct) commissioners
have voted to advance the fee for liquor
license from 5000 to $3.50 for the coming
year.
As four men were digging sand at j. F.
Twitchells pit, Hopkinton, Mass, the bank
above them caved in, burying the men, some
of them to the depth of nine feet. Two of the
men, were recovered alive. One man was
taxed out dead and another has not been re
covered.
The body of Harris N. Keables was found
in lodging house at Worcester, Mass He
was black in the face, and it is tho ught that
he poisoned himself. He was an old soldier,
having served in the 1st regiment of Rhode
Island detached militia. He had recently
come from the Old Soldiers Home in Provi.
dence. He was devoted to his wife, but she
left him several years ago, and he then tool
to drink.
The little town of East Douglass, Mass,
has mystery over which there is considera.
bic excitement. A few days age
the clothing of a man was found in the
woods, and in pocket was the name Of
Thomas Lawrence, a member of the brick
layers union A party of 20 men has secured
the woods and dragged the pond, but they
have failed to find the body of the missing
man. Subsequently kit of tools was found
such as are used by bricklayerS. 1t is sup
posed to be a case of suicide
A destructive blaze in an Exeter IN. H.
mill destroyed property valued at S100,000;
two hundred and thirty men are thrown out
Of work.
Three boys, aged respectively 10, IA and l6
years, have been arrested at North Adams,
Mass, for attempted highway robbery.
A startling story comes from Terrell, Tex,
in regard to the Lila Hoyle tragedy.
Martha NJ Crockett has been given a
life sentence at Belfast, Me-, for the murder
of her husband.
An encouraging condition of mill business
in Fall River, Mass, is shown by dividends,
At funeral near Sycomare, O., the team
attached to the hearse ran away, and the
vehicle was reduced almost to kindling wood
The coffin was dashed to the ground, the Lid
torn off and the corpse rolled into ditch by
the roadside. Other teams took fright and &
general panic ensued Women tainted, mer
jumped from the carriages, wagons were
overturned, horses became entangled in the
general wreck, and several persons wert
more or less seriously injured.
A desperate break for liberty was made al
the penitentlary in Yuma, Aris. Superin.
tendent Gales was seized by a convict and
marched out, followed by seven other con.
victs The superintendent called upon the
guards to shoot the convict holding him.
Riggs, life convict, killed the convict who
held and was stabbing the superintendent.
Two prisoners were killed, and one mortally
and two seriously wounded. Supt Gales
was badly wounded. There were no escapes.
James A. Bailey has purchased the entire
interest of James L. Hutchinson +. w. Cole
and j. E. Cooper in the Barnum and London
circus, menagerie, hippodrome etc. The
firm will now be Barnum & Bailey alone
No movement of equal magnitude has ever
before been accomplished in the circus bust
ness.
Typographical Union No. of New
York City has voted to leave the
question of further continuance of the
compositors' strike to the strike commit.
tee. This is said to mean that the strike
will be declared off as the committee con.
slider further struggle useless.
James E Hamilton, mail carrier between
nd lob 10 tba
Atlantic coast, was attacked by number OF
sharks, and, although he fought them with
his oars as long as possible, they finally cap
sized his boat and literally devoured him
alive.
The judge of Starr county, Tex, states
that that county is invaded by bands of ban
dts and cut-throats, and that the local off
GERS are powerless. Numerous instances Of
atrocious crimes are mentioned. Gov Ross
replies: crest assured that the full power OF
the state government will be exercised il
your behalf"
Additional details of depredations commit
ted by the Apache Indians near Holbroob
comes from Albuquerque, N M. Nearly
every ranchman has suffered more or les,
the loss of cattle from these marauding
bands. The ranchers are much incensed,
and demand that the obnoxious redskins be
removed to Florida.
Systematic robbing of freight cars on the
Southern Pacific railroad has been going or
for six months between Tucson and I'll Paso
A clerk in the sub-treasury at Washington
has fled to Canada with $4,000 This is thu
first defalcation from the treasury for many
years.
Southern IllinoiD coal miners demand an
increase from As to 81 1-2 cents a ton.
Mrs. James O'Brien and her four young
children persisted at Leadville, Col, by the
burning of their house.
The Chicago Times has been sold, it is re-